After 72 hours of driving through Europe our buses from Belgium, France, Switzerland and the UK arrived earlier today at Corda INCubator at the beautiful Corda Campus in Hasselt (Belgium) for our demo day.
All #startupbus Europe 2016 buses lined up, ready to arrive at @Corda_INCubator @cordacampus in a few minutes. pic.twitter.com/iJhz13dwHT
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
#StartupBus Europe 2016 just arrived at @Corda_INCubator @cordacampus! pic.twitter.com/CCK7sbUZ78
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
The weather was a bit grim upon arrival but cleared up afterwards. After a nice breakfast offered by Radix/Startup League we went on to have our demo day. Each startup born on our buses had to pitch for three minutes followed by a three minute Q&A of the judges which took pretty much all day.
The pitching was followed by talks from representatives of Mastercard and Start it @ kbc (Dirk Lievens). After the pitches we had a small reception after which we announced the 10 finalists of StartupBus Europe 2016 who will pitch tomorrow at Pirate Summit. Here are the 10 finalists:
And the finalists are [part 1] – Audiobeacon helping blind to enrich and intensify traveling in public spaces #audiobeacon #finalist
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 2] @TeamFlightship – helping people to find an affordable destination to meet with their friends from around the world.
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 3] @trustful_voting – supporting millions of secure identifiable votes per second for the fraction of the price. #finalist
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 4] @nightlywallet – budget tracker that securely tracks your purchases, sends budget friendly offers & alerts when spending too much.
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 5] @TheExistApp challenges you to socialise and reap the rewards. It's time to put down the phone and #EXIST. #finalist
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 6] @groupedupgames – Creating shared experiences between people who may never have interacted otherwise. #finalist #StartupBus
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 7] @Zing_Menu removes the hassle of looking for recipes by providing busy customers with a healthy, personalised meal plan. #finalist
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 8] https://t.co/drVwKfrShF opens up the augmented reality world for ad publishers. #finalist #AR #StartupBus
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 9] Want to know when #happyhour is all over #London? Checkout https://t.co/CLK5EXnQ55 for cheap drinks. #finalist @TIPPLE_LDN
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
[part 10] – @SqillApp – learn real skills from real people #StartupBus #finalist
— TheStartupBus (@TheStartupBus) September 5, 2016
Congratulations to all the finalists. See you tomorrow 12h30 at Pirate Summit in Crow’s Nest for the finals and the announcement of the StartupBus Europe 2016 winner at 18h30, again in Crow’s Nest. After the Pirate Burning there will be a StartupBus party at Pirate Summit itself.
The 10 finalists of @startupbus #europe are chosen! 3 from @StartupBusBE ! Congrats and ? to the Pirate Summit ? pic.twitter.com/4tV2YiiNWJ
— dirk lievens (@DiLievens) September 5, 2016
